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Final Guest Post By Arleen and Steve........

Man, time flies... Getting  on a plane in a few hours.  Want to give a shout out to Arlene for the great comments.  If not for her, this would seem like a one-way communication.  You FOA's that are lurking are urged to pound on your keyboards.

This visit has been a blast.  Been using taxis and striking out on our own, getting where we wanted to go and getting back.  Shanghai jumps everywhere.  24-7 crowds, traffic and construction.  Never been anyplace like this.  Took in the yuyan street market on Wed. and wound up spending the whole afternoon there.  An endless conglomeration of stalls, stores booths, food vendors and people including an exotic ancient garden residence, tea houses and restaurants.  At one vendor of dumplings there was an endless line... supposedly the best dumplings in Shanghai.  Oh yea, there are also a smattering of Starbucks, KFC's and they are building a DQ.  Even saw a Staples truck delivering office supplies.  Crazy!!!

Thurs. caught us taking a tour of the Jewish history of Shanghai... yes, Shanghai had a Jewish History.  Met up with a few other tourists and our guide at the Peace Hotel  and found the tour was one of the most enriching experiences of our trip. 

Last night we all had a farewell dinner at the "Duck" restaurant.  Now, we have to go... Thanks Seth & Liz... without you, we would never had this incredible experience.
Elana and Shoshanna, we hope you liked our pictures.

In this Slide Show:  Picture of Yu Yuan Market , followed by picture of row houses in what used to be a Jewish neighorhood in Bund area of Shanghai, the offices of the JDC (like Jewish Family Svcs), a public park in the former Jewish neighborhood, After 1941, under Japanese occupation, stateless refugees were confined to a ghetto and the last two photos were taken in the ghetto.  We actually visited one of the ghetto apartmens, a story for another time.